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Analysing OPay’s entry into Africa’s remittance market and plans for expansion
Nigerian financial services company, OPay, all but entered the remittance sector when it announced its partnership...
OPay finally drops super app ambition; restructures model
Earlier in the week, news broke that Opera-backed Nigerian fintech startup, OPay had reportedly shut down all its...
What’s happening to OPay’s super app plans?
For a startup that raised $50 million in its Series A round just nine months after launch in August 2018, and went...
Beyond OPay, your favourite lending apps may be at risk for alleged violation of Google’s policies
Influenced by the seeming reluctance of commercial banks to give credit to the informal sector, platforms offering...
OPay takes another step towards becoming Africa’s WeChat with new messaging feature
Following the question OPay put to the public in a tweet after it launched its most recent vertical, OCar, it is clear...
OPay, PalmPay and a long line of Chinese investor interests in Africa
The race to occupy Africa’s fintech space by foreign VC interests has never been more intense. This is following the...
OPay transaction fee hike is aimed at keeping users within its ecosystem
Less than 24 hours ago, Opera-founded startup, OPay announced reviews to the cost of bank transfers on its platform....
The OPaycalypse: 13 execs who left top tech companies for OPay Nigeria over the past year
OPay, Opera-backed payments platform, in the past few months, has been a hot topic in the Nigerian technology space...
OBus is now allowing third party buses on its platform
UPDATE [November 15, 2019]: Barely 3 months after, OBus has reportedly suspended operations in Lagos. OPay has...
OBus beta testing continues in Lagos with two buses
On its third day of beta testing, an OBus is sighted at the Ikeja Mall bus stop. It later departs at 11:45am after...
OPay launches ‘OBus’, a public bus hailing service, in Lagos
Opera-backed OPay formally launched OBus, a bus hailing service, in Lagos last Saturday. This is coming barely a week...
OPay continues to expand as ‘OTrike’ launches in Aba and Kano
Editor's note [20 August, 2019]: This article has been updated to reflect OTrike's launch in Kano, which happened...
ORide is a Trojan Horse; Opera’s not really after the motorcycle-hailing market in Lagos
With the entrance of ORide, the budding motorcycle-hailing market in Lagos got intense. But it appears the current...
Opera to acquire controlling stake in Nigerian mobile money platform, PayCom
The company behind the popular Opera browser, Opera Software is about closing an acquisition deal for Telnet Nigeria...
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